One advantage of a representative democracy is that: a. the powers of government are divided among different branches. b. all individual citizens have fundamental rights protected by the government. c. no one branch of government can gain too much power. d. those who pass laws are obligated to represent the views of those who voted for them.

D.those who pass laws are obligated to represent the views of those who voted for them.

Explanation:

Representative democracy (also called indirect democracy, representative republic or representative government) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.Almost all modern Western democracies are types of representative democracies; for example, the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, Ireland is a parliamentary republic, and the United States is a federal republic.

Representative democracy is often presented as the most efficient form of democracy possible in mass societies, arguing that it allows an effective decision by a sufficiently small number of people in the name of the greatest number. The efficiency of the service can be judged based on the metrics of profitability and efficiency over time. Representatives who vote on behalf of the people allow a monetary benefit, since the use of polling stations, vote counters, etc. is reduced. The government is generally responsible for paying the salaries of the representatives and would have to cover the substantial cost of a democracy. Representative democracy has been conceptually associated with historically instantiated by the political system known as "representative government," which was born in the eighteenth century with the French and American revolutions. It is a system in which people choose their legislators (representatives), who are then responsible to them for their activity within the government.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts